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I know we have the card shops page for Maryland, but I'm not exactly sure how close they are to the D.C. area. Point is I'm taking a small trip to D.C. in April and was wondering if there are any close card shops, (maybe an hour away at most,) that you guys recommend. Thanks!

I use Chesapeake Sports Cards for supplies occasionally.  They have a large selection of non sports cards, I think the various gaming cards.  But I did pick up a 1974 Topps baseball set from them in great condition a couple years ago for a great price.

I've been to House of Cards a couple times, to submit some cards for PSA grading and then pick them up (about a year later).  They have a nicer selection of sports cards, in my opinion.  

If you go to any others in the area, please give me some feedback.

Joe

Can’t say I’ve ever been to a card shop in DC. NOVA lacks great card shops, not sure there are any I’d recommend wasting an hour driving to. Blowoutcards is located in Chantilly. The big CSA card show is March 31-April 2.

There is a smaller show in Annandale, with some sports cards, but a lot of it is comics. https://shoffpromotions.com/

My condo's 5 miles from DC. I use Collector's World in Annandale; about 10 miles from DC border. And they have a military discount.

I live in Silver Spring about 4 miles from House of Cards (https://houseofcardsmd.com/) which is  between 15-20 miles North of DC maybe a little less.

House of Cards has been my LCS for ages. I discovered them in their early years late 1970s. They started in Wheaton MD (a part of Silver Spring) at first in a back room of a used book store open only on weekends. When the book shop closed they took over the space, some years later they moved literally across the street to a bigger store, then a few years after that moved to Downtown Silver Spring, were there a few years and a couple of years before COVID moved to their current location in Silver Spring (Calverton/Burtonsville). When they were in Wheaton I lived just 1.5 miles from them at my childhood home in Wheaton.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll be there from the 20th to the 21st but looking to make it the 22nd as well. Hopefully I can check at least one of these out, and maybe have a member meet up if something can be arranged.

A) a cool discussion

B) hijacking the post a little to say that the list of local card shops at the bottom is a good resource (As TK already mentioned in the OP). I noticed just today that there is a link to click on if you have actually been to one lately to confirm that it is still open. Might be worth everyone checking out and making sure that your store is listed and linked to this site!